Authors: Mary Gibson
The story starts here.
First published in the UK in 2014 by Head of Zeus Ltd
Copyright © Mary Gibson, 2014
The moral right of Mary Gibson to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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ISBN (eBook) 9781781855904
ISBN (HB) 9781781855911
ISBN (XTPB) 9781781855928
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Chapter 1: ‘We are the Bermondsey Girls!’
Chapter 5: The Snares of Paradise
Chapter 7: A Bloody Good Hiding
Chapter 9: When the Bough Breaks
Chapter 11: A Home in the Country
Chapter 16: ‘Then Like My Dreams’
Chapter 17: Withered and Flown
Chapter 18: Gardens for Everyone
Chapter 19: A Good Man is Hard to Find
Chapter 22: She Didn’t Come for Me
Chapter 27: Tuppence for the Tram
Chapter 28: The Slut on the Stairs
Chapter 30: Daughters of the Flood
Chapter 31: Return of the Dove
Chapter 32: Sweet Thames Flow Softly